"Everybody Knows" backed with "No Nerve" were both written by Horden born Alan Hammonds and were recorded in London at Utopia Studios, and engineered by Andy Brook Jackson.
The single was reviewed in Melody Maker on 15 July 1978 by the producer Tony Visconti, famous for working with David Bowie, Marc Bolan and T-Rex as well as Thin Lizzy, and he wrote "Great!!
Despite the favourable reviews, the single failed to sell in large numbers upon its release, however it was destined to become a collector's item over 20 years later.
On 31 August 1978, the band was signed to Carrere Records by Peter Hinton, later to become the Producer of Wheels of Steel released in 1980 by heavy metal label mates Saxon.
The band was already a very well regarded live act across the UK and in late 1978 they were signed to Birmingham based OAK music booking agency run by John Mostyn.
John Mostyn later became the manager of many successful UK acts, such as The Beat, Fine Young Cannibals and Ocean Colour Scene.
The band were always a favourite choice at Radio 1 live events, and they shared the stage with Peter Powell, Paul Gambaccini and David "Kid" Jensen in their career.
On 11 September 1979, the band signed to talent management company "March Music/Fast Western Productions", founded and run by former Ten Years After drummer Ric Lee, prior to the release of their second Carrere single.
On 4 February 1980 the band's third single was released, and their second on Carrere Records, featuring "Get off the telephone" and backed with "Big boys don't cry".
The Record Mirror review said the single "recreate(d) the sound of the late, great Glitter Band matched up with the hooks and teen appeal of the early Rollers".
"One day some musicologist is going to light up Alan Hammonds songbook and it'll be rather like the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls because nestling in those pages are some of the best pop songs to have been written over the past few years.
Direct, melodic, a rough hewn commerciality wrapped around incisive and sharp lyrics with more than a touch of cheek thrown in for good measure: those are the qualities of the compositions.
In September 1982 the band entered Alaska Studios with engineer Pat Collier, previously of The Vibrators to record several new tracks including "I want You".
They continued to be a powerful live act "playing endless helpings of meat and potatoes rock n' roll garnished with delicate touches of 70's glitter" and "they ha(d) the ability of combining the no nonsense rawness of The Clash with the pop sensibility of classic Mott the Hoople.
On 10 November 1984 the band performed live at University of Essex in support of Orange Juice featuring Edwyn Collins.
On 23 September 1985, the contract with March Music expired with neither Ric Lee nor the band taking up the option to continue working together.
The album received favourable reviews from across the world, particularly in Record Collector magazine - "The fame never came, but this album/CD rightly puts the Kidda Band's melodic punk tunes back on the map.
On 24 February 2006, Alan Hammonds and Dave Lister were featured on "Pop into The Past" with Pete Chambers on BBC Coventry and Warwickshire Radio.